Comments on: Is it ever OK to lie?

By: Simon, london

Simon, london — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 06:54:41 +0000

Well, I liked believing in Santa

By: Diane (Glasgow)

Diane (Glasgow) — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:48:42 +0000

I thin if he’s asking how many men you’ve slept with a lie is ok if you’ve done over 30!!

By: A

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:39:31 +0000

Lies can wreck lives. I spent 3/4 of a decade loving somebody who lied and deceived time after time. The lies ranged from simple and silly, to ground-breaking, some taking years to emerge. We eventually split but within weeks, her lies destroyed the friendship (I shouldn’t have offered) also. With it, finally, went my ability to trust. I wish people thought about the damage they can cause when they take the selfish and easy route of twisting truths. It’s a reckless thing to do with somebody’s heart.

By: D

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:28:15 +0000

A truth may be difficult to hear or may hurt someone’s feelings, right now. But, a lie will be far more painful or damaging, plus the hurt feelings will be far worse than the pain of the truth. Because there is the pain or hurt feelings that the truth may/would probably bring on, but it is now combined with a deeper pain of deception. A lie is a lie is a lie…..

By: D

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:27:46 +0000

I have raised my children to appreciate honesty, by teaching them that “the worst/most difficult of truths, is better than the best/most creative of lies”. When they get into trouble or make a bad decision or need help, they come to me, instead of hiding it or turning to someone else.

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:19:07 +0000

I think there’s a difference between being honest and outright lying, and in the long run it’s better (for both parties) to be truthful than to lie to make someone feel “good”. Most people lie, I think, because they don’t think about long-term consequences.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:32:12 +0000

Dangerous to make hard and fast rules – generally lies are wrong, but sometimes their use doesn’t do any harm or could even save someone’s life.

For example, you are in a dress shop, your loved one clearly has her heart set on the little red number, and asks do you think this is the best out of the twenty I have tried on. You think the red one looks good but the blue one is better.

What do you say? No the blue looks better, and watch her face drop in disappointment or say I think you are right go for the red. A lie but ……

Or for example – you are stranded on a mountain top -10C, your loved one has a badly broken leg and is in bad shape, the rescue services might be days before finding you. They ask are we going to make it. You think you don’t stand a chance – what do you say?